CHICKEN SALAD

Last night I made a chicken salad for us to have for lunch today (it needs to rest several hours for the flavors to come through.) It was very good and I wanted to post the recipe here for any of you to try.

BigTex's Chicken Salad

INGREDIENTS:

1 whole rotisserie chicken
1 apple, chopped (Granny Smith or Golden Delicious)
1/2 cup currants
1/2 cup Finely chopped sweet red peppers
1/2 cup Finely chopped green bell peppers
1/2 cup sliced almonds - salted and toasted
1/2 cup Diced celery
1/4 cup Finely chopped sweet yellow onion
1/4 cup Chopped fresh parsley
1 tsp dried dill (or 1/8 cup fresh chopped dill)
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp Lawry's seasoned salt
Fresh ground black pepper to taste
Approx. 1 cup Helman's Real Mayonnaise (NO Miracle Whip!)


DIRECTIONS:

Toast the almonds (lightly salted) on a cookie sheet in a 250 degree oven.
Chop your veggies and apple and put them into a large mixing bowl.
Add the toasted almonds, pull meat from the chicken bones, discard skin and shred or break up the chicken by hand into the bowl.
Add mayonnaise, a little at a time until you get your desired consistency.
Next add the garlic powder, seasoned salt, dill, currants, and ground black pepper and mix well.
Cover bowl and refrigerate for several hours to allow salad to "rest" and the flavors blend.

I like to serve this on a croissant with tomato slices and leaf lettuce.